New York-1973: A Serene Waterfront View With Boats And Shoreline

Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Serene Waterfront View With Boats And Shoreline — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures a serene waterfront scene from a moving boat. The footage shows calm water reflecting a distant shoreline lined with trees and houses, transitioning to a marina with numerous sailboats and motorboats docked. The image has a distinct purple-blue color cast typical of aged film, with visible grain and slight camera shake. A dark silhouette, likely the filmmaker's head, appears at the bottom of the frame, adding to the authentic, personal feel of this nostalgic 1970s memory.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125589164

Rights & Clearance

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1012 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: swimming
Reel-level year note: 1973
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1973 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: New York, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s New York home-movie waterfront footage suited for documentary inserts, regional memory sequences, and archival transitions involving boating or shoreline leisure.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1970s recreational boating, with small sailboats, motorboats, tree-lined shore, and distant houses visible from the water.
Home-movie behavior: The moving-boat viewpoint and partial head silhouette give the scene an unstaged family-film perspective rather than a formal scenic survey.
What appears in frame: Calm water, distant shoreline, trees, houses, docked sailboats, a motorboat, marina structures, and a partial foreground head silhouette are visible.
Film character: The 8mm image has purple-blue color shift, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and gentle handheld movement consistent with aged home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet establishing insert, waterfront cutaway, boating transition, or reflective memory beat within a 1970s sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects everyday waterfront recreation and private travel filming in New York, without enough visible detail to identify a specific harbor or community.
Research note: No logos are apparent, but the clip includes a possible person silhouette and distant residences or boats, so likeness and property review may still be needed.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1973 New York waterfront home movie, 8mm marina boats, 1970s shoreline from boat, and vintage boating footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then with other 1973 New York waterfront scenes, and finally with broader 1970s boating or shoreline leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 New York 8mm frame from a boat, showing calm water, a distant wooded shoreline, houses, and a partial foreground head silhouette. — A quiet shoreline is seen across calm water from a moving boat.

1973 New York waterfront frame showing docked sailboats, a small motorboat, calm water, trees, and shoreline structures. — Boats sit near a marina along a wooded shoreline.

1973 New York 8mm frame of a marina with sailboat masts, a small motorboat, calm reflections, trees, and a foreground head silhouette. — A marina and small boats are viewed from the water.

Aged 8mm frame from 1973 New York showing boats at a marina, calm water, wooded shoreline, and a partial foreground head silhouette. — Docked boats line the quiet waterfront near the end of the clip.

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